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Apple has announced that its Messages app will support the RCS messaging standard in iOS 18. RCS offers more advanced features compared to traditional SMS, including higher-quality media, typing indicators, and end-to-end encryption. This move will improve messaging between iOS and Android devices, which currently rely on the less capable SMS protocol. Apple’s decision to add RCS support likely comes in response to pressure from Google, Samsung, and European regulators who have pushed for better cross-platform messaging. Overall, this change will bring the iPhone’s messaging capabilities more in line with the Android experience.
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but it won’t end the blue/green bubble nonsense.
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RCS is encrypted tho
It’s a shame Apple decided not to implement e2ee like Google did.
This is an older article, but there is still no movement. https://forums.appleinsider.com/discussion/234352/apples-flavor-of-rcs-wont-support-googles-end-to-end-encryption-extension
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I didn’t know MLS and Signal were Google proprietary. TIL. Thanks.
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It’ll probably take several years for them to switch over to MLS. Hopefully other messaging apps like Telegram and Threema can also utilize it just for crossplatform purposes.
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Thanks for your reply. I understand a lot better now.
and Signal were Google proprietary.
I’m pretty sure Signal is not Google proprietary, and the person you replied to didn’t say it was.
The comment said it was proprietary and uses signal and MLS.
Maybe I misunderstood.
The google proprietary part is e2ee on RCS that use signal and MLS. It is not a standard in the RCS specs.
Shame they chose to implement the standard that Google blocks other, third party, FOSS apps for being clients for on Android, rather than an actually open standard like Matrix.
XMPP is rough on iOS too
Reaction wheels just don’t cut it anymore
Finally!
